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Vol. XLVIII No. 13 14 pages
TIS
Concert
Choir sings
tunes for
the season
by Nicole Green
staff writer
The Behrend Concert Choir and
the Behrend Concert Band held
their Winter Concert on Tuesday,
November 30, in the Reed Corn
mons. Both groups performed a
variety of songs in which they used
their vocal and instrumental talents
to entertain a large and enthusiastic
audience.
The choir sang a , „iriety of songs
from different cultiir2s around the
world. The songs raried from
Spanish Ballads to song!, rom Is
rael and even "Hush Little Baby. -
Accompaniment for the song "Dodi
Li" was provided by Candace
Klein, flute, Kristin Betschart. clari
net, and Dulcie Lose, percussion.
The choir was received well by
the audience as they rendered a
"Cliffsnotes version" of
Shakespeare's well known play,
'Macbeth — , according to choir di
rector Dr. Daniel Barnard.
The choir ended their presenta
tion with selections from An En
glish Noel and Hodie, Chri.rtus
natu.s . est. The featured soloists
were Megan Harrison, Zach
McCartney, Jessica Dows and
Demian Blair.
Dr. Barnard is new to Behrend as
the director of the choir. He has
taught previously at the University
of Kansas, Washburn University,
and at Western Nebraska Commu
nity College. He is originally from
Texas, and has won several awards
honoring his skills in conducting.
His doctoral dissertation, The Girl
Concert continued page 3
SGA gives students a voice...and free food
by Karl Benacci
staff writer
On Wednesday December 1, 1999,
The Student Government Association
(SGA) treated Behrend students to
pizza, pop and chips to promote their
organization.
While students enjoyed the free
food, they filled out suggestions to put
in the suggestion box and they learned
what SGA was all about.
SGA president, Andrea DiPlacido,
05 Communications, said the SGA is
giving out free food because "even
with something as simple as giving
away free pizza, SGA's name is get
ting out. I hope we reached even a few
people and helped increase participa
tion." Public Relations Committee
Chairperson Keenen Hansen, 01 DUS,
added "I think it's great that so many
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THE SEASON
people showed up, and I hope we get
the same response at our Monday
night forum. I hope that more people
are willing to get involved in SGA."
SGA received various suggestions
in the suggestion box. Some students
suggested more concerts, more park
ing spots, Penn State on the water
tower and more money for Greeks.
One topic that SGA is taking very se
riously is the issue of delayed money
transactions. A student also suggested
more events like the free food give
away.
At the event, SGA advertised for
their meeting that was later that day
and they told students about an SGA
forum which is to take place Monday,
December 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Reed 117.
Some of the things discussed at last
Wednesday's meeting were the tuition
petitions that SGA Senators have been
See page 2 for full POLICE AND SAFETY PAGE 2
weekend forecast.
passing out to students. SGA also dis
cussed how to get input towards pri
oritizing the funding of the Student
Activity Fee, the planning of a book
sale for textbooks that will help stu
dents get more money back for their
textbooks, and the Kwanzaa dinner
that will be held on Sunday. They also
voted for the removal of two Senators,
leaving two vacant spots on the board.
Two additional committees were
also formed for the booksale and
SGA continues to promote them
selves as an organization that works
for the students and listens to their
ideas and opinions. Everyone is en
couraged to go to their meetings and
if anyone wants to talk to SGA they
may visit their office which is located
in the Reed Building.
Till lIIJIRLND 111 A 'ON INDEX
NEWS PAGE 1
EDITORIAL PAGE 4
CALENDAR PAGE 5
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Friday, December 3, 1999
The Behrend Concert
Choir performs for the
many in attendance at the
Reed Commons on Tues
day night. Dr. Daniel
Barnard, Choral Director
and Coordinator of the Lo
gan Concert Series, led the
choir. Dr. Barnard is new
to Behrend this year. The
Behrend Concert Band
also performed Tuesday
night. The Concert Band
is also new to Behrend this
year. The Behrend College
Concert Choir, pictured
above and left, is com
prised of 47 Behrend stu
dents.
Students gather for free pizza at the "Pizza with the SGA."
Stuffy buildings may be
opened up to renovations
During the warm, humid weather
of early fall, students who had classes
in the Turnbull Barn, Nick building,
and the Otto Behrend Science build
ing found those classes to be unbear
able. The heat was intense and the
atmosphere was uncomfortable. But,
Mother (Erie) Nature has turned
things around, and now it's quite
chilly outside. The problem is, it's
still stuffy in Turnbull and Nick, and
RASO to hold Coffeehouse
night to raise involvement
On Saturday, December 4, the Re
turning Adult Student Organization
(RASO) will hold a Coffeehouse
Night for all returning students at
Behrend. The event will he held at
Bruno's Café at 7:00 p.m and will fea
ture a band and comedians.
RASO is an organization at
Behrend available to any students that
are over 24 years old, have children,
are married or are veterans. Under
the advisement of Director of Student
Activities Chris Rizzo, RASO is back
on track this school year after a few
years of inactivity. Rizzo sees RASO
as "both a support and advocacy
group." Club President Abby
Atkinson and Vice President Demian
Blair, along with other current mem
bers of RASO have planned a night
of activities to try to increase the in
volvement and awareness of other
returning adult students.
WIRE SERIVCE PAGE 6
FEATURES PAGE 8
MY FAVORITE PLACE PAGE 10
SPORTS PAGE 11
A Penn State Erie Student Publication
by Rob Wynne
staff writer
by Jason Snyder
editor-in-chief
now it's really cold in the Science
building. Hopefully, things won't be
that wily for long.
The administration has noted many
"climate complaints" from faculty
and students and is currently work
ing on many plans to remedy the situ
ation. One of the problems is the lack
of air-conditioning. It is not just a
summer dilemma, either. Air-condi
tioning means having a comfortable
temperature year-round. Turnbull
Barn, the Science building, and half
Stuffy continued on page 3
Current concerns of RASO include
the lack of child-care available to stu
dents with children and the occasional
lack of sesitivity of professors to the
returning adults that might have fam
ily. The Coffeehouse Night is an at
tempt to get more returning adults to
their Tuesday, December 7, meeting
where those issues will he discussed.
Dr. James Kurre and Gail Kurre
will he half of the entertainment for
the night as they put on their comedy
show. Gail Kurre was part of the first
returning adult student organization
which was then called the "Over the
Hill Club," changed to "Top of the
Hill Club."
The band that will be playing for
the night will be "Two Girls Alone, -
a popular band in the area that plays
at local coffeehouses.
Blair commented, "Our main goal
is to have fun. We hope that the night
will bring more students to our meet
ing next week to help us voice our
concerns
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Plans for
renovations
include
Turnbull
Hall,
pictured left.
Turnbull Hall
is one of the
oldest
buildings on
Behrend's
campus.